Improvement in fences



teniet. %tti5 JOHN WADDLE, OF BAK-ERSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. i

Letters Patent No. 112,198, dated February 28, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent andvmaking part of the same.

To all whom. it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN WADDLE, of Bakerstown, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fence; and I do hereby declare that the following1 is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whicl will enable others skilled in the art to make and ns1 the same, reference being had to the accompanyim drawing forming part of this specication, in which- Figure l is a side view of my improved fence.

Figure 2 is a detail vertical section of the same taken through the line x fe, fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a detail vertical section of the same taken through the line y y, iig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.-

My invention has for its object to furnish -an im proved fence, simple and economical in construction and durable in use, and which is designedfor use as a stationary or portable fence, as may 'be desired; and

It consists in the cnstruction and combination of the `various parts ofthe fence, as hereinafter more fully described.

A are1 the posts, which are set in the ground at the ends of the fence.

The posts A should be about ten inches square at each end, and have cross-timbers attached to their lower ends.

B are braces, the upper ends of which are attached' to the upper ends of the posts A, and the lower ends of which rest against stone pillars set iu the ground about ten feet from the foot of the posts A.

'llwo braces, B, 'are placed at each end ofthe fence, between which the panels are placed.

Gis an il'on rod half an inch in thickness. The rod C is made in sections, the ends of which are connected with each other by means of' cap-nuts.

To each end of the rod C is attached an end of a short rod, D, about three-quarters of an inch in diameter,the other end of which passes through the top of the post A, and has a screw-thread cut upon it to -receive the large nuts E, by means of which the rod is tightened.

F are iron supports through holes, in the upper ends of which the rod C passes. The supports F are placed about ninety-six feet apart, and their lower ends are cemented to large stones sunk totheir own depth in the ground. l

The fence is made in panels, G, which are hung from the rod C by means of slots in the end bars ot' said panels. The panels may be made of pickets or of horizontal bars, as may be desired, and their lower ends are connected with each other by small crossbars, H,-as shown in fig. 1.

By this construction the panels of the fence are suspended free from the ground so as not to be liable to decay from moisture from the ground.

In the case of stationary fences, the fence is made continuous from one support F to another, the slotted cross-bars that receive 'the rod C being about eight feet apart.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure. by Letter Patent-- An improved fence, consisting of the end posts A, braces B, iron rod C, short rods D, nuts E, iron supports F, panels G, and cross-bars H, said parts being constructed and arranged substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN WADDLE.

Witnesses:

J As. ELLIOTT, J r., JOHN D. GaUnBs. 

